We congratulate winners of Physiological Reports Presentation Awards! Awarded at Anatomy-Physiology-Pharmacology Week, held 17-19 March 2025 in Chiba, Japan. From left: Yuki Takamura, Nagoya City Univ.; Qi Yang, Osaka Univ.; Yo Ito, Univ. of Tokyo @physoc.bsky.social @apspublications.bsky.social

Now online! Channel synapse mediates neurotransmission of airway protective chemoreflexes

✨New paper from my lab out now in @cp-cell.bsky.social! We identified pathways for airway protective reflexes—swallowing and coughing—in mice, driven by rare throat chemosensory cells that signal vagal nerves via channel synapses. cell.com/cell/fulltex...